|
National media is managed by Planet3 Communications. Regional festival media is handled by each festival. To get more information about who to contact for regional media inquiries, please look for the Festival Media link on the footer menu of any of the regional sites.
Planet3 is available to support the national media by arranging interviews with the national staff and featured authors at any of the festivals. They can also provide festival images, author headshots and book cover artwork to the media. Please let them know what you need.
Media Contacts
Planet3 Communications Ltd. Telephone: (647) 346-4101 |
2009 Media Releases
A staggering 275,000 Canadians attended The Word On The Street book and magazine festivals in Vancouver, Toronto, Kitchener and Halifax on Sunday, September 27, 2009. For the first time, the festivals were connected by LongPen technology to hold Canada’s first live coast to coast book launch of Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood.
August 26, 2009 - The Word On The Street National Poster Image Created by Charles Pachter Celebrated Toronto artist Charles Pachter has created the 2009 poster image for Canada’s national book and magazine festival, The Word On The Street, featuring one of his signature moose. The poster will be used by Vancouver, Halifax, Kitchener and Toronto to promote the annual September festival which celebrates reading and advocates literacy.
Poster image for use by the media. Please credit as: ARISE, Charles Pachter, 2009
This September, The Word On The Street will connect festivals in Vancouver Toronto and Halifax live using video and LongPen technology to launch Margaret Atwood's new novel, The Year of the Flood.
January 9, 2009 - The Word On The Street Canada appoints Alex Moorshead as Executive Director The Board of Directors of The Word On The Street Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Moorshead as Executive Director, The Word On The Street Canada to succeed Colleen O’Neill.
|
